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FEEHAN GETS OT WINNER FOR STARS

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          S A T U R D A Y    The Conception Bay CeeBee Stars have taken a two games to one lead over St John’s Caps in Avalon East Hockey semi final series with a 3-2 win Saturday night. Colin Feehan scored the series leading and game winning goal at 5:51 of the extra session lead the CeeBee Stars to the come-from-behind win. Kenny King scored a goal in the third period that forced the game into the extra session. Cody Batten had the other CeeBees Star goal. John Caul and Mitch Flynn accounted for…

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CARR REJOINS ICE CAPS

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  Winger Daniel Carr has been sent down to the St John’s Ice Caps just in time for their road trip. Carr has logged 31 contests so far this season in which he managed a pair of goals and six assists while averaging 10:19 of ice time per night. Various injuries to Montreal’s forwards have kept the 25-year-old on the 23-man roster, but with Alex Galchenyuk (knee) ready to come off IR, Carr was the odd man out.  …

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CWSHL TRIES TO SAVE FINANCIALLY TROUBLED FLYERS

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  The Central West Senior Hockey League has agreed to cancel the six remaining games the Gander Flyers were to have played in the regular season. The league in a prepared statement said “due to revenue this season having fallen well below budgeted figures which resulted in a accumulating serious financial situation for the team”, the League, HNL and all teams have agreed that the remaining three weekends of scheduled games will not be played. So the League now says the Gander Flyers will play the Clarenville Caribous in a best of three semi final series. This means that the Flyers…

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SNOW, LUKE TO RUGBY HALL

    ROD SNOW  Two Newfoundlanders will be among the first seven inductees into the 2017 Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame class. Rod Snow and Mike Luke will be the two Newfoundlanders to be inducted into the hall. As one of the most prolific front rowers in Canadian rugby history, Snow enjoyed an illustrious career that saw him play in four Rugby World Cups for Canada. The Bonavista, Newfoundland native, won 62 test caps for Canada, the most of any front rower. He made his test debut against Argentina in 1995 and made his final test appearance at the 2007…

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HNL GIVES PENDER 6 GAMES

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    Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador has ruled on a suspension for Clarenville Caribous forward Justin Pender. HNL has suspended the the Clarenville play for six games.   The suspension was handed out after Pender received a match penalty after an incident in a game between the Cataracts and Caribous January 22nd.   Pender was assessed the match penalty for throwing a water bottle at a referee.  …

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GANDER FLYERS GM SAYS THEY HAVENT FOLDED

      SUNDAY  The General Manager Garry White of the Gander Flyers told the GANDER BEACON Sunday the following –which implies they are hanging by a thread.   “We’ve cut a lot of expenses compared to previous years, and we thought it would make us successful this year. However,  we didn’t anticipate the drop in revenue that was waiting for us,” he said. “Our commitment was to try and finish the regular season, but the financial situation we are in and with declining interest, it might make it impossible. In its current state we can not proceed, that’s how…

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